[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by valo403

What makes blood subs in rugby significant, and why it's an issue here, is that the bleeding player can be replaced by a fresh sub from the bench and then re-enter the game once they are cleaned up. It can be a pretty big advantage to have a fresh guy on the field or have an important player get a few minutes of rest without the sub being permanent, as any other sub is.

I'm 99% certain that there is no such thing as a blood substitution in soccer, at least not at the professional level. The team with the bleeding player either plays down a man until the guy is cleaned up or they make a sub that is permanent.

The issue here wasn't one of resting the player who came on, it was getting a previously subbed off player back onto the pitch.

The standoff for the Harlequins had hurt his knee previously, and got taped up, and then they pulled the fake blood to get him back on to try a game winning drop goal (that he missed). They lost so it's somewhat moot, but that doesn't excuse cheating.